VIETNAM FREE SPIRIT WITH SAPA (SELF GUIDED) — NAAR
Characteristics
Private self-guided tour
Digital app with maps and tips to organize your trip on your free days (to download and activate before departure).
meals included (see “Price includes”)
Itinerary
Day 1 — Hanoi
Ship
Day 2 — Hanoi → Lao Cai
Breakfast, ***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
Car
Day 3 — Lao Cai → Sapa
Breakfast on board, ***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
Car
Day 4 — Sapa → Hanoi
Breakfast, unscheduled time, departure for Hanoi (300km - 5h30m circa) at 13.00 ***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
Car
Day 5 — Hanoi → Halong Bay
Breakfast,
Flight
Day 6 — Halong Bay → Hue
Day 7 — Hue
Breakfast, ***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
Car
Day 8 — Hue → Hoi An
Breakfast,
Day 9 — Hoi An
Breakfast, ***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
Flight
Day 10 — Hoi An → Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
Breakfast, ***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
Day 11 — Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
Breakfast, meet your driver at the agreed time for your transfer to the airport, end of the tour ***OPTIONAL ACTIVITY*** (see extras)
Notes
ROOMS: Triple rooms are double rooms plus an extra bed, typically smaller than the other two. Triple rooms are subject to availability at the time of reservation. Special requests for smoking, communicating, adjoining, high floor, low floor rooms etc. are always upon request and the service is never to be intended as guaranteed.
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: before the start of the tour, all the participants must make sure they possess the required documents to enter the destination countries, and that such documents are comprehensive and valid.
FINAL HOTEL LIST: as in the travel documents
HOTEL, CHECK-IN: rooms are usually assigned starting from 3pm. Earlier check-in is at the hotel’s discretion. If you request earlier assignation, you must book an extra night at the beginning of your stay.
HOTEL, CHECK-OUT: rooms must be left in the morning (the exact time will be provided by the hotel). Supplements for late check-out amount to 50% of an extra night if you check-out by 6pm, and to a full extra night if you check-out after that
HOTEL / ITINERARY, CHANGES: The Organizing Body reserves the right to substitute the itinerary and/or the hotels to alternative of a similar or superior category in the event of unplanned circumstances, and if the safe and normal proceeding of the tour is threatened. Furthermore, when in the impossibility for all of the travellers to stay at the same hotel, the group will be split amidst several hotels of the same category.
TIMETABLES: departure times are indicative, depending on the number of hotel pick-ups per day. Tourists are kindly asked to be in the lobby at the indicated time. Depending on which hotel you are staying at, you may have to wait 15 minutes or more. The return times are indicative and subject to change depending on a number of factors, including traffic and duration of the visits.
PUNCTUALITY: you are advised to be punctual. No refund is issued to passengers failing to meet at designated time.
TIPS: not included; at your discretion
MEALS: not included when not specified
REFUNDS: If the tour or any part thereof cannot be conducted due to Force Majeure or Vis Majeure, the Company shall not be responsible to give any refund; also, no refund will be given for any portions of the tour unused by the traveler
TRANSFERS: not included when not specified. When included, transfers operate only from/to the hotels included in the tour, and only on the first and last day of the tour. A supplement is charged for transfers from/to different hotels; in the event of a longer stay; and in the event of arrival/departure at/from other airports. A supplement is always charged to individual passengers. Requests for unscheduled transfers from/to different hotels must be issued at least 3 weeks before departure; otherwise, an additional urgency surcharge will be applied.,
Starts from
11 days / 8 nights – from Hanoi to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City),
Meals
Key: B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner,
Price includes
Meals: breakfasts, lunches, dinners, admissions, visits and excursions: as scheduled, accommodation at the scheduled hotel (or similar), domestic flights, bike rental as mentioned in the program, Digital Roadbook App. The App is loaded with GPS data and maps for each excursion, information in English, and tips for restaurants and shopping, as well as emergency contacts., local SIM card,
Price does not include
Administration fees and “no-risk” coverage, trip cancellation, medical expense & baggage coverage, meals that have not been specified; beverage; any extra, Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner (with supplement), tips, porterage, air travel and taxes, everything not expressly mentioned in "The fee includes",
Important notes
Flight to Hanoi (not included): you must book a flight landing by 12.00, flights from/to Ho Chi Minh: not included. You can leave at your convenience, the timetable in the travel plan is indicative. The definite timetable will be confirmed on site by your guides, Visiting Vietnam: starting from July 2015, an entry visa is no longer required. The exemption is valid for stays not exceeding 15 days (45 days starting from August 15, 2023).